« Reply #25 on: July 20, 2012, 01:31:47 PM »
I think we are mixing things up here. The kicker DOES get a running start IF he kicks. I am not saying the player who MAY BE the kicker gets a running start even if someone else kicks. The one who kicks is the only one who gets a running start.
As for the "set" aspect, I assume that was directed at my statement? The intent of the rule is to prevent teh running start. Just because a player is outside that "box" after the RFP, if he gets in the box and stops, he has lost any "running start" advantage and gains no advantage form having been outside the box after the RFP. That being said, his stop will have to be more than the "stop" we require of a lineman who is trying to become a back. This kicking team player needs to prove he has stopped in order to show he is not voiolating the intent of the rule. Common sense.
Common sense not withstanding, I don't believe the rule, as presently worded, offers an exception.
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